2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 33,249 people earned their degree in special education, making the major the 39th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, special education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,879 and had an average of $28,500 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 2,231 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,344 and $25,248 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality special education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the special education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in the New England Region.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education in the New England Region

#1

Community College of Rhode Island

Warwick, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$5,878 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. Community College of Rhode Island is located in Warwick, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s special ed degrees to qualified students.

CCRI also made our “Best Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $5,878 for New England Region Associate Degree Special Ed students per year to attend Community College of Rhode Island.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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